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Bricks of Sand

from Behind The I by Andy Gibson

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Written April 2006 in Grey Lynn, Auckland. The corner store referred to, however, is the dairy at the Brooklyn shops in Wellington.

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Remember when we thought this was all impossible
We’d have to make the best of a bad situation
So we did the best we could building houses with no wood
Until it turned out that bricks of sand really aren’t that good

And I’d go down to the corner store
And buy $3 worth of happy thoughts
But they’d never last long enough to please me
And you’d go round to your friends house
To buy me out of what I wasn’t proud of
So I wouldn’t have to think about it

But it turns out bricks of sand
Crumble the moment they leave your hand

I ignored my inner voice, thought I didn’t have a choice
I’d have to make the best of the only valid option
So I denied myself of light and wondered why it felt like such a fight
And it never even crossed my mind that something wasn’t right

And I’d go down to the corner store
And buy $3 worth of happy thoughts
But they’d never last long enough to please me
And you’d go round to your friends house
To buy me out of what I wasn’t proud of
So I wouldn’t have to think about it

But it turns out bricks of sand
Crumble the moment they leave your hand

credits

from Behind The I, released June 1, 2007
Andy Gibson: vocals, guitars, bass, saxophone, keys, programming
Stephen Thomas: drums, percussion

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Andy Gibson London, UK

Andy Gibson seeks to make sense of the puzzle we find ourselves in, writing honest songs around themes of psychological (dys)function. Often hopeful, his songs are a documentation of the journey of a queer person seeking mental wellbeing.

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